Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts® is devoted to promoting scholarship on the psychology of the production and appreciation of the arts and all aspects of creative endeavor.

To that end, we publish manuscripts presenting original empirical research and papers that synthesize and evaluate extant research that relate to the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts.

While we recognize their importance for scholarship, PACA generally does not publish qualitative work, case studies, essays, interviews, biographical profiles, and literature reviews.

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Impact factor 3.0
5-year impact factor 3.6
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ISSN 1931-3896
eISSN 1931-390X
Founded 2007